Herbie Hancock New Album, Tour and TV Appearances This Week

06/21/2010
. Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project will hit stores tomorrow, June 22, and Herbie will celebrate the release with two television appearances this week and the kick off his extensive world tour.

Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project is an unprecedented international recording and film project featuring collaborations between the music legend and a dozen superstars from every region of the globe. It utilizes the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility.

The DVD footage was produced by Doug Biro and Jon Fine of Hudson River Films. The Imagine Project embodies an extraordinary lineup of international superstars from all corners of the world. Artists include Dave Matthews, Anoushka Shankar, Jeff Beck, The Chieftains, John Legend, India.Arie, Seal, Pink, Juanes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, K'Naan, Wayne Shorter, James Morrison, Lisa Hannigan and C�u.

TV Appearances include: June 22 - Jimmy Fallon (Herbie with The Roots) NBC 12:35pm / 11:35PM CT and June 23 - The Today Show (Performing with India.Arie) NBC 7am ET / 10am PT

HERBIE HANCOCK TOUR DATES:
June 24 - Carnegie Hall Performance (Herbie Hancock: Seven Decades - The Birthday Celebration)
June 25 - Confederation Park, Ottawa Jazz Fest - Ottawa, ON
June 26 - Massey Hall - Toronto, ON
June 27 - Place Des Arts - Theater Maisonneuve - Montreal, QC
June 30 - Villa Arconati - Milan, Italy
July 1 - Cavea Hall, Auditorium Parco Della Musica of Rome - Rome, Italy
July 3 - Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
July 5 - Vienna State Opera House - Vienna, Austria
July 6 - Incheba - Bratislava - Slovak Republic
July 9 - Auditorio de Peniscola - Peniscola, Spain
July 10 - North Sea Jazz Festival, Amazon Ahoy Complex - Rotterdam, Holland
July 12 - Theatre De La Mer - Sete, France
July 14 - Schloss Park - Neu Hardenberg, Germany
July 15 - Volkspark - Mainz, Germany
July 16 - Montreux Jazz Festival - Montreux, Switzerland
July 17 - Umbria Jaz Festival, Arena Santa Giuliana - Perugia, Italy
July 21 - Nice Jazz Festival - Nice, Italy
July 22 - Molde Jazz Festival - Molde, Norway
July 24 - Jardines de Cap-Roig - Cap-Roig, Spain
July 25 - Esceario Puerta Del Angel - Madrid, Spain
August 6 - Buffalo Place Rocks The Harbor, Buffalo, NY
August 7 - Lowell Summer Music Series, Lowell, MA
August 8 - Jazz Fest -Ft. Adams State Park -Newport, RI
August 9 - Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lennox, MA
August 10 - Spaulding Auditorium, Hanover, NH
August 13 - Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
August 18 - Chene Park Music Theater, Detroit, MI
August 20 - Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Milwaukee WI
August 21 - Symphony Center, Chicago IL
August 22 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN
August 25 - Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, CO
August 26 - Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY
August 28 - Mt. Baker Theater, Bellingham, WA
August 29 - Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre, Seattle, WA
September 1 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (Herbie Hancock: Seven Decades - The Birthday Celebration)

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